Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

GREG A B B O T T August 15,2007 The Honorable M. Rex Emerson Opinion No. GA-0564 Kerr County Attorney County Courthouse, Suite BA- 103 Re: Whether 18 U.S.C. 5 926C preempts portions 700 Main Street of Texas Occupations Code section 1701.357 Kerrville, Texas 78028 (RQ-0572-GA) Dear Mr. Emerson: You state that the Kerr County Sheriff, while developing written procedures for issuing or denying certificates of weapons proficiency to honorably retired peace officers under section 1701.357(c) of the Texas Occupations Code, discovered provisions in a federal law, 18 U.S.C. 5 926C, that he believes…